宜
best regards, good
Readings
On'yomi
- ギ
Kun'yomi
- よろ.しい
- よろ.しく
Nanori
- き
- たか
- のぶ
- のり
- よし
Meaning
宜 centers on what is fitting, proper, or good in a social or situational sense. Its meanings of 'best regards' and 'good' both express a sense of appropriate, favorable treatment or condition.
Most common words using 宜
20 of 32- 宜しくよろしくN4
well; properly; suitably
- 宜しいよろしいN4
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can
- 便宜べんぎN1
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
- 適宜てきぎN1
suitable; appropriate; fitting; proper
- 便宜上べんぎじょう
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
- 宜しゅうよろしゅう
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
- 宜候ようそろ
keep (it) steady (after a turn)
- 時宜じぎ
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
- どうぞ宜しくどうぞよろしくN2
pleased to meet you; how do you do
- どうか宜しくどうかよろしく
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; I look forward to working with you
- 一寸宜しいちょっとよろしい
(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?
- 事宜じぎ
fitting thing
- 便宜を図るべんぎをはかる
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
- 便宜主義べんぎしゅぎ
opportunism; expediency
- 便宜的べんぎてき
convenient; expedient; makeshift
- 便宜結婚べんぎけっこん
marriage for convenience
- 便宜置籍船べんぎちせきせん
flag-of-convenience ship; ship flying a flag of convenience
- 宜むべ
truly; indeed
- 宜しかったらよろしかったら
if you don't mind; if you like
- 宜しきを得るよろしきをえる
to be just about right; to be quite appropriate
Study
Etymology
宜 is thought to combine 宀 (roof) with 且, which may have originally depicted a pile of meat on a stand, suggesting an offering under a roof. This developed into the idea of something fitting or proper.
Meaning mnemonic
Under a roof 宀, an offering 且 is placed. The offering is exactly what is proper and good for the occasion, like giving best regards.
Reading mnemonic
For ギ, imagine giving a proper gift under the roof: gift -> ギ, and the gift is a fitting gesture of best regards.